You know what, I'm lazy. Just gonna copypasta some of the stuff from
my old Theorizing Profile.
Last Updated 1/1/12
(Officially Retired)
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▲▲ Spoiler: Personal Zelda History
My first ever Zelda game was A Link to the Past/Four Swords for GBA. A few years after that, I borrowed The Minish Cap from a friend... He never asked for it back. After years of hiatus, one day I thought to myself, "I wonder what new Zelda game is coming out?" and happened to stumble upon
the "Chronology" section of The Legend of Zelda (series) article on Wikipedia. After reading it, I thought "Pft! I could do that!" and I've been theorizing ever since. Kinda. Unfortunately, I've recently taken a step back from theorizing, due to general disinterest. Hopefully, when
SS comes out, I can get back in the game.
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▲▲NOTE: I'm not going to explain any of my timelines. They're all pretty straightforward and you should see the logic (or, perhaps, lack thereof) in pretty much all of them yourself.
Spoiler: Timeline History
Spoiler: Timeline v.1
As said above, I initially read the little section on Wikipedia about the Zelda timeline and got hooked to the idea of making my own. After days of research, I came up with something like this:
------------------------TWW/
PH-------
LoZ/
AoL -----------------------/
----------------------------\
TMC--
FS/
FSA--
OoT-----------------------------OoX
-----------------------\
----------------------------/
------------------------MM--
TP/
LCT---
ALttP/
LA Spoiler: Timeline v.2
Even after creating my initial timeline, I still wanted to do more research. I ended up going finding timeline videos on YouTube and watching some of those. Being a n00b theorist, I was easily persuaded by Ocarinahero10's timeline, which I adopted as well:
OoT--
ALttP/OoX--
TWW/
PH/
LA
--\
MM--
TP--
TMC--
FS/
FSA--
LoZ/
AoL Spoiler: Timeline v.3
But even after a few days, I knew that Ocarinahero10's timeline didn't follow, so I went back to my old one.
It was a few weeks after that I somehow came along
ZU, and, after lurking for a while, a finally decided to join with a timeline very close to what I have now:
OoT--
TWW/
PH--
TMC--
FS/
FSA--
LoZ/
AoL
--\
MM-
TP/LCT--------------------
ALttP/
LA--OoX
Spoiler: Timeline v.4-5
While I was active in the theorizing forums on
ZU, I was often changing around my placement of OoX and the FSS. Timelines that followed included:
OoT--
TWW/
PH--
ST--(
TMC--
FS/
FSA)--
LoZ/
AoL
--\
MM--
TP/LCT------(
TMC--
FS/
FSA)--
ALttP/
LA--OoX
OoT--
TWW/
PH--
ST--(
TMC--
FS/
FSA)--
LoZ/
AoL
--\
MM--
TP/LCT------(
TMC--
FS/
FSA)--
ALttP/OoX/
LA
Also of note is the inclusion of
ST, which was released during this time.
Spoiler: Timeline v.6
Eventually, I settled with the timeline I have now, with the inclusion of
SS, with the news of it's timeline placement:
SS--
OoT--
TWW/
PH--
ST--
TMC--
FS/
FSA--
LoZ/
AoL
------\
MM-
TP/LCT--------------------------
ALttP/OoX/
LA Spoiler: Timeline v.7 (Final Timeline)
The official Zelda timeline, found with the release of the artbook
Zelda Historia:
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TWW/
PH--
ST SS--
TMC/
FS--
OoT--
ALttP/OoX/
LA--
LoZ/
AoL
---------------------\
MM--
TP(/LCT)--
FSA ▲
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